Glossary

This glossary offers definitions of technical terms commonly used in the BIS Quarterly review.
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ultimate risk basis

Methodology whereby positions are allocated to a third party that has contracted to assume the debts or obligations of the primary party if that party fails to perform. In the CBS, claims on an ultimate risk basis are allocated to the country and sector of the entity that guarantees the claims (or, in the case of claims on branches, the country of the parent bank).